It's an interesting list although I take any ranking based off of Wikipedia hits with a grain of salt. And there are numerous inaccuracies. For instance, they have the German Immanuel Kant listed as Russian

Also it seems that the rankings are highly slanted towards ancient people like Confucius. The further back the profile of people becomes, the less and less accurate and more "legendary" figures become. While civilization is built upon the shoulders of previous generations. Wouldn't it make more sense to value people within the last several centuries? You know people that we more accurately know and that have more directly influenced us?

I'm pleasantly surprised that they didn't include worthless figures like Martin Luther King Jr. or Nelson Mandela.